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UP, DND hold dialogue on abrogation of 1989 accord enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 4) — Key officials of the University of the Philippines and the Defense Department met on Thursday to discuss issues surrounding the controversial termination of their 1989 accord. This was confirmed by the Commission on Higher Education, which facilitated the meeting between UP President Danilo Concepcion and Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana. In a statement, CHED chairman Prospero De Vera III thanked Lorenzana and Concepcion for their “openness to talk to each other...

Press Release De Lima files bill to uphold academic freedom in UP Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has introduced a measure seeking to uphold academic freedom in the University of the Philippines (UP) to ensure that exchange and expression of ideas are free from intimidation from coercive forces of the State within the university premises. De Lima, a social justice and human rights champion, filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 2035 amending for the purpose Republic Act (RA) No. 9500, otherwise known as "The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008." "While it is important to protect our nation...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 1 → Holding the fort: The spirit of the barricades lives on Holding the fort: The spirit of the barricades lives on By ARNETH ASIDDAO Fifty years ago under the Marcos regime, truckloads of police, military and Metrocom troops stormed the barricades UP students built in solidarity with striking jeepney workers in what was called the “Diliman Commune.” Guns were fired, lives were endangered and rights were trampled upon. But the communards always consolidated their lines and went back to their post after every chase and di...

Published January 28, 2021, 9:44 PM The University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents (BOR) has failed to adopt a resolution lodged by its sectoral regents that called upon the board to continue upholding the UP-Department of National Defense (DND) accord. In a Facebook post, the UP Office of the Student Regent said the BOR instead referred the resolution to a technical working group, supported UP President Danilo Concepcion’s efforts to engage in dialogue, and affirmed Concepcion’s statements on the matters of UP-DND accord and red-tagging. “The members of the Board have made kno...

January 28, 2021 The University of the Philippines (UP) is still pushing for the restoration of their 1989 agreement with the Department of National Defense (DND) that soldiers and police can only enter their campus if approved by school officials. At the same time, it was reported that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was open to dialogue to discuss the issue of academic freedom after he terminated the agreement. According to Lorenzana, he is talking to a friend to mediate because he also wants to talk to the UP leadership. “As of now we have not received anything in writing, we have mad...